The sound of my alarm clock is a sweet tinkling chime, because I want to be cooed into consciousness, not jerked into it by a throbbing, blaring siren. See, mornings are important to me — I feel most ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. The sound of your alarm clock may determine whether you wake up in the morning feeling groggy or fresh, a small new study has found.

I used to be able to hear 3kHz easily but as my hair cells fade into the sunset that frequency now seems to be down 3 or 6 dB. As a consequence the high pitched "beep beep" sound on my portable alarm ...